Tag: Climate Change

  • The Engine Inside: A Documentary on the Overlooked Potential of Bicycles

    The Engine Inside: A Documentary on the Overlooked Potential of Bicycles

    The upcoming feature-length documentary from Anthill Films, The Engine Inside, presented by Shimano, Pon.Bike, and PeopleForBikes, is set to premiere this summer, and it promises to showcase the incredible potential of bicycles in creating a better future for everyone. Through the stories of six individuals from different parts of the world, The Engine Inside explores…

  • Repurposed: Gravel Riding in British Columbia

    Repurposed: Gravel Riding in British Columbia

    British Columbia’s vast network of forest service roads is now seeing a growing number of gravel cyclists using them for recreation and adventure. Once used for commercial logging, these roads are being repurposed for gravel riding. Through this network of roads, riders are now able to access places that were previously thought unattainable. In the…

  • [Full Film] Usufruct: A Biking Story About Beetles and the Future of Our Forests

    [Full Film] Usufruct: A Biking Story About Beetles and the Future of Our Forests

    Usufruct is a short film about three friends on an atypical bikepacking trip near Durango, Colorado. Instead of planning a route with the best riding or most scenic vistas, they opt to ride through burn zones and beetle kill areas, diving into the impact and implications that climate change is having on their home trails.…

  • FoCo Fondo is Back for 2022

    FoCo Fondo is Back for 2022

    Despite getting overcooked in the last 15 miles last year and having to sit in the shade at the finish nursing some water melon for a half-hour to recover, the FoCo Fondo was a standout event for me in 2021. The race was superbly organized and the crowd was out for some fun. FoCo Fondo…

  • Fire & Ice – A Bikepacking Trip Across Iceland

    Fire & Ice – A Bikepacking Trip Across Iceland

    I want to replicate this trip so bad… What an incredible ride through absolutely stunning landscapes. In 2021, I decided to mountain bike through the interior of Iceland, from north-coast to south-coast, wild-camping along the way. I stuffed my bags with camera gear and camping kit, leaving little space for a modest 12 days worth…

  • COP26 ‘Transport Day’ Focuses Solely on Cars

    COP26 ‘Transport Day’ Focuses Solely on Cars

    Disappointing, but not surprising, the “Transport Day” at the international climate conference in Glasgow was dominated entirely by electric cars. Yes, an electric car is better than a fossil fuel burning one, but there are much more sustainable options out there. But EVs make money, bikes and buses do not… Last week, a coalition of…

  • Danny MacAskill – Taking To The Skies For Climate Change

    Danny MacAskill – Taking To The Skies For Climate Change

    Danny MacAskill pulled off his biggest stunt yet in an effort to gin up support for renewable energy ahead of the COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

  • Pedal for POW

    Pedal for POW

    Nicholas Wolken and James Niederberger set off from Chur to the Engadine with their bikes and all the touring equipment to draw attention to the consequences of climate change. On the way, they meet other riders with whom they undertake spectacular tours in the mountains. Their constant companion is the Vote Now. Ride Later.-flag. The…

  • How To Start Bike Commuting

    According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 93% of their life indoors. 87% of their life is indoors, then another 6% of their life in automobiles.  American children spend less time outdoors than prisoners do, their parents even less. There’s an easy way to cut the percentage spent in the car…

  • Video: The Fight for America’s Public Lands

    Video: The Fight for America’s Public Lands

    Patagonia’s film “Public Trust” focuses on threats to the Boundary Waters, oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and mining in the Bears Ears National Monument area. For 24 hours only, starting today at 3 pm MDT, you can watch the full film online. A simple $5 donation to Backcountry Hunters and Anglers gains you…

  • Post-Apocalyptic National Park Posters

    The United States of America’s National parks are changing due to the effects of climate change. Glaciers are melting, wildfires are becoming more prominent and more devastating and whitebark pines and other tree species are under attack by pests, that’s just to name a few. What will our treasured parks look like by 2050 if…

  • The Propaganda Model & The Five Filters of Media

    The propaganda model seeks to explain media behavior by examining the institutional pressures that constrain and influence news content within a capitalist system. It flies in the face of theories that argue that journalism is by its nature adversarial to established power. The propaganda model predicts that corporate-owned media will consistently produce news content that…